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Stop destroying Skatås
Hello everybody
Some of you might know me but most certainly not all of U, as I started my happy account just few minutes ago. Unfortunately my first post shall not be HAPPY and giving an "welcoming" idea of my person to those who haven't met me yet. The case i would like to talk about is SKATAS area which I love to ride and walk around but which is getting sort of... ripped apart by tires...
I would like to ask some of you to RESPECT THE FOREST.
I am riding in Skatas around once a week since October and Im noticing the slow destruction that is brought to that place by some people practising the sport that I love - mountain biking. In October there were around 3 tracks which were quite narrow and well compsed into the forest. Now, there are like 9 tracks of which at least 3 are a completely unnecessary rubbish as they dont bring anything new that others dont have. Furthermore some old tracks look like a pack of buffalos have run through them. Not because its lots of ppl riding there, but because people like to find easier or more ambitious lines. Some of you broke branches of trees last sunday just because they were on a smooth line next to the previous line going through roots.
PICKY ADVICE NR1 Learn your skills to carry the speed and traction through the roots instad of breaking the branches!!!
In other place some decided to consequently pick lines cutting the burms
PICKY ADVICE NR2 - learn your skills to take burms instead of cutting the way just because U are affraid! - U have a whole bamseparken for learning it!
Furthermore, there are some "expert" lines on off cambers that have been created - next time U spot a faster line going higher on of camber - consider that some less skilled riders are going to try your line but their lack of skill will make them slide down and destroy all the area between your line and the lower "chicken line" leaving a damn wide stripe of destroyed forest floor.
I am not writing about someone overshooting the turns and giving some back wheel slide, or braking a lot with locked back wheel o steeps. There is a certain evidence of actions done just to easy up the way! Dont destroy the trees and forest floor by your ambition or lack of skill.
If this continues we will be baned from riding in Skatas by authorities. Our sport in growing, in the close future we will need to talk to the authorities to allow us build proper legal tracks or dirt parks - how can we convince them that its going to be a sustainable trail system promoting the new use of nature while they can such exploited and destroyed areas like SKATAS.
Think about it and respect the nature, and please... dont build or cut any new trails in Skatas, improve existing ones.
PEACE
Wacek Kipszak a.k.a. Vatzman
Du kan skriva pa Svenska for att min las forstorelse ar gansk bra...
Edit av the_TnT: Stop SCREAMING in the rubrik.
Some of you might know me but most certainly not all of U, as I started my happy account just few minutes ago. Unfortunately my first post shall not be HAPPY and giving an "welcoming" idea of my person to those who haven't met me yet. The case i would like to talk about is SKATAS area which I love to ride and walk around but which is getting sort of... ripped apart by tires...
I would like to ask some of you to RESPECT THE FOREST.
I am riding in Skatas around once a week since October and Im noticing the slow destruction that is brought to that place by some people practising the sport that I love - mountain biking. In October there were around 3 tracks which were quite narrow and well compsed into the forest. Now, there are like 9 tracks of which at least 3 are a completely unnecessary rubbish as they dont bring anything new that others dont have. Furthermore some old tracks look like a pack of buffalos have run through them. Not because its lots of ppl riding there, but because people like to find easier or more ambitious lines. Some of you broke branches of trees last sunday just because they were on a smooth line next to the previous line going through roots.
PICKY ADVICE NR1 Learn your skills to carry the speed and traction through the roots instad of breaking the branches!!!
In other place some decided to consequently pick lines cutting the burms
PICKY ADVICE NR2 - learn your skills to take burms instead of cutting the way just because U are affraid! - U have a whole bamseparken for learning it!
Furthermore, there are some "expert" lines on off cambers that have been created - next time U spot a faster line going higher on of camber - consider that some less skilled riders are going to try your line but their lack of skill will make them slide down and destroy all the area between your line and the lower "chicken line" leaving a damn wide stripe of destroyed forest floor.
I am not writing about someone overshooting the turns and giving some back wheel slide, or braking a lot with locked back wheel o steeps. There is a certain evidence of actions done just to easy up the way! Dont destroy the trees and forest floor by your ambition or lack of skill.
If this continues we will be baned from riding in Skatas by authorities. Our sport in growing, in the close future we will need to talk to the authorities to allow us build proper legal tracks or dirt parks - how can we convince them that its going to be a sustainable trail system promoting the new use of nature while they can such exploited and destroyed areas like SKATAS.
Think about it and respect the nature, and please... dont build or cut any new trails in Skatas, improve existing ones.
PEACE
Wacek Kipszak a.k.a. Vatzman
Du kan skriva pa Svenska for att min las forstorelse ar gansk bra...
Edit av the_TnT: Stop SCREAMING in the rubrik.
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